This gallery showcases the stories making the news around Yorkshire in 1961. And all four corners of the county are featured – from Harrogate and York through to Whitby and Scarborough as well as the Yorkshire Dales. The photos, plucked from the YEP archive, feature some familiar faces as well as well-known landmarks. READ MORE: 29 photo memories take you around Yorkshire in 1960 YEP RETRO NEWSLETTER: Sign up for our free monthly email digest of Leeds nostalgia
9. Yorkshire in 1961
A cricket match in progress on The Green at Seacroft in Leeds in 1961. Photo: YPN
10. Yorkshire in 1961
The new automatic signal box at Tollerton on the main line north from York, which was brought into operation in January 1961. Photo: YPN
11. Yorkshire in 1961
The Pennines, between Sowerby Bridge and Rochdale, in October 1961 Photo: YPN
12. Yorkshire in 1961
Rudston in October 1961. Henry Robson shows a party of schoolchildren one of the magnificent pavements in the Roman Villa he found while ploughing on the Yorkshire Wolds in April 1933. Photo: YPN